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automation

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Jun 18, 2026

Can AI Predict the Future? How Deep Research Differs From Quant

Simon Du (Chief Scientist, Apodex) explains why AI 'predicting the future' is really deep research — closer to a fundamental analyst than a quant model crunching market data.

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May 18, 2026

The Biggest Skill in AI Isn't Coding — It's Management

Mike Taylor ran a 50-person agency before building AI products. He argues the skills that matter most with AI agents are the same ones that worked on human teams.

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agents workflows production automation

May 17, 2026

Content Assembly vs Content Generation: Why the Distinction Matters for AI Marketing

Kashish Gupta (Co-CEO, Hightouch) explains why assembling marketing content from existing brand assets beats generating it from scratch — and how it guarantees brand determinism.

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automation production enterprise scaling

May 17, 2026

Can a $100M Company Run Finance With One Person?

Deepak Bapat (CTO, Tabs) predicts AI agents will let a $100M ARR company run its entire finance operation with a single person — here's the architecture that makes it possible.

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agents automation enterprise scaling

May 11, 2026

How a Data Analytics Company Runs With Zero Data Scientists

TextQL has 40 employees and no dedicated data team. Their CTO explains why data analytics became a shared responsibility — and what that means for hiring.

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hiring startups enterprise automation

May 6, 2026

Why AI Agents Keep Getting Banned From the Platforms They Use

The internet was built to block bots. Now we want agents to act on our behalf — and the infrastructure can't tell the difference. Zach Meltzer (CEO, VeryAI) explains the identity gap.

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agents infrastructure trust automation

May 3, 2026

Why Re-Verification Matters More Than One-Time KYC

Zach Meltzer (CEO, VeryAI) explains why verifying identity once at account creation isn't enough — and why re-verification at the moment of transaction is the real unlock for financial platforms.

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trust infrastructure enterprise automation

May 1, 2026

The Sniff Test for When to Pivot Your AI Startup

Jesse Xu (CTO, Podqi) shares the framework that made his team pivot from patents to trademarks in under 4 months — if you can't validate your own AI's output, you're building in the wrong space.

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Apr 30, 2026

Brand Protection Is a Revenue Driver, Not a Cost Center

Jesse Xu (CTO, Podqi) breaks down the 95/5 enforcement split — automate 95% of takedowns, investigate 5% for seven-figure legal settlements — and why clearing fakes grows baseline revenue 1-2%.

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enterprise automation trust

Apr 20, 2026

The Build vs Buy Decision in 2026: A Correctness Matrix

Wiley Jones (CEO, Doss) shares the simple framework his team uses to decide what to build internally vs buy off the shelf — and why 'is it even worth it' matters as much as 'can we do it.'

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Apr 19, 2026

What Self-Evolving Software Actually Means — And Why Most Apps Can't Do It

Wiley Jones (CEO, Doss) explains the architectural requirement for software that can modify itself: fusing the application and its lifecycle into one runtime.

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infrastructure agents production automation

Apr 11, 2026

Why Postscript Shut Down Its 100-Person Sales Center to Deploy AI

Alex Beller (CEO, Postscript) on the transition from SMS Sales Center in Phoenix — a human-powered operation — to AI agents handling customer conversations at scale.

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automation AI agents ecommerce operations

Apr 3, 2026

Why Interpretation Will Outlive Translation — And What Dies First

Olga Beregovaya (VP AI, Smartling) explains why voice-to-voice communication stays human longer than text translation, and which market survives the longest.

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interpretation translation voice automation language

Mar 31, 2026